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- Local
Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
State Police Issue Missing Person Alert for Schuylkill County Woman
Suspect in Minersville Armed Robbery Pleads Guilty on Separate Charges
Bitter Cold to Usher in the Start of Winter
Schuylkill County Company Principals, Employee, and Former State Trooper Charged with Racketeering in Illegal Gambling Devices Scheme
- News
Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
State Police Issue Missing Person Alert for Schuylkill County Woman
Suspect in Minersville Armed Robbery Pleads Guilty on Separate Charges
Bitter Cold to Usher in the Start of Winter
Schuylkill County Company Principals, Employee, and Former State Trooper Charged with Racketeering in Illegal Gambling Devices Scheme
- Business
Big Lots to Have Going Out of Business Sales at All 963 Stores; Company in Jeopardy After Sale Falls Through
Pottsville Elf Hunt Beginning at Various Businesses in City
Saint Clair Walmart Celebrates Grand Reopening
Ethereal Hair Studio Opens in Pottsville
Burrito Cut to Celebrate Opening of Onvo Travel Plaza at Highridge Business Park
- Crime
Schuylkill County Woman Jailed on Alleged Elder Abuse Charges
Police Identify Suspect in Kielbasi Shop Tip Jar Theft
A Pair of Worn Out Boots Helps Police ID Robbery Suspect at Schuylkill County Mobile Phone Store
Brockton Man Faces Charges After Allegedly Using Elderly Man’s Credit Card to Pay Garbage Bill, Amazon Purchases
Pedestrian Struck in Pottsville Monday Evening
- Weather
- Obituaries
Michael W. Brennan Jr., 53 – Social Club Manager at Tower City Fire Co.
Carolyn Carroll, 82 – Went to High School with Chubby Checker
🇺🇸 Stanley P. Brozana Jr., 72 – Served 37 Years as Orwigsburg Police Chief
Alberta “Dolly” Eye, 100 – Active in Girardville Community
🇺🇸 Robert Donton, 75 – Awarded Bronze Star for Heroism
- State
Trump Shot at Pennsylvania Rally: 2 Dead (including the shooter) and 2 Critically Injured
Members of Deadly “Fentanyl Robbery Gang” Indicted by Federal Grand July
Roman’s Law for Autistic Students Passes PA Senate
State Senate Bill Would Limit “Vexatious” Right-to-Know Requests
It’s Now Illegal to Use Hand-held Devices While Driving in Pennsylvania
- Sports
Nahas Gets 2 Wins in Consecutive Outings; Blankenhorn Drives in Run vs. Phillies
Evitts Has Big Night in Rattlers Romp Over Strike Force
Source: Blankenhorn Being Promoted to Nationals
Blankenhorn Cracks 5 Homers in Series Against Lehigh Valley; Nahas Earns Second Win
Schuylkill Haven Grad Kicking for Playoff-bound Arizona Rattlers in IFL
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Local Community News
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Local Community News
More than 2,000 people hopped aboard the Santa Train out of Minersville this weekend. It was the first time the Santa Train ran out...
Local Business News
Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. announced this week that it’s acquired Riverview Financial Corporation. The transaction was completed after the close of business on November...
Schuylkill County News
A Minersville man had his leg amputated while he was walking along the Pottsville-Minersville Highway early Tuesday morning. According to information from State Police...
Schuylkill County News
Reading Anthracite is reporting that someone made off with as much as $40,000 in copper wiring from its land in Cass Township. According to...
Schuylkill County News
Minersville Police recently took down Mr. Freeze. It turns out his icy lair was located in the borough, at a home on Lewis St....
Schuylkill County News
Two arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a Pottsville man in Cass Township last week. According to information from State...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man was arrested and sent to prison last week after admitting to police that he masturbated in front of an underage...
Schuylkill County News
A second girl has come forward accusing a Minersville man, arrested earlier this week, of raping her. According to court papers filed Thursday morning,...
Schuylkill County News
A homeless Minersville man is accused of having sexual encounters with a 15-year-old girl. According to court papers filed Tuesday, police picked up 20-year-old...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: Pottsville Man Died in Motorcycle Crash Last Week on Route 901 A motorcyclist died Thursday evening in a collision with a tractor-trailer along Route...
Schuylkill County News
On a very special episode of 227 … Police in Minersville say they netted a bulk stash of heroin during a raid on a...
Local Fire News
The Minersville girl who was injured in a house fire last week succumbed to those injuries on Sunday. According to a WBRE/WYOU report, Nyah...
Schuylkill County News
A Minersville man died Saturday night in a motorcycle crash along Route 61. According to State Police in Frackville, the crash happened just after...
Schuylkill County News
A Minersville man was locked up in Schuylkill County Prison earlier this week after leading officers in several communities on a 12-mile chase. Mahanoy...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: Steele was located and is safe. Missing Endangered Person Advisory UPDATE: Madison Steele was located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank...
Schuylkill County News
Police have released details on the explosive tractor-trailer crash that closed part of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County earlier this week. According to State...
Schuylkill County News
On March 10, emergency services in Schuylkill County responded to a distressing call involving a child who claimed to have escaped from his home...
Schuylkill County News
A woman died Wednesday afternoon in a motor vehicle crash on Route 61, just outside St. Clair. Emergency officials were summoned to the scene...
Schuylkill County News
This is Victor Moulier and Mary Malave. They’re pickers. They’re allegedly breaking into the back kitchen door of a burned historic home in downtown...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Henry Cazonie, 89, of Minersville, passed away on Saturday, January 9, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill — East. Born on May 11, 1931...
Schuylkill County News
A pair of Allentown men allegedly tossed a pistol and a large amount of fentanyl from a vehicle as they led police on a...
Schuylkill County News
Get ready for a whopper of a snowstorm on Wednesday. Unless these forecasts fall apart completely over the next 24 hours – it’s happened...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Minersville Area School District announced Wednesday that it’ll be going to a full virtual classroom schedule for 2 weeks, starting this coming Monday. The...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Charles “Chas” Nush, 88 of Minersville, passed away Friday. October 23, at the Genesis Eldercare Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Born in Minersville, January 15, 1932,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Jeffrey P. Schuck, 51, Minersville, passed away on Tuesday morning at Manor Care Health Services, Pottsville. Born in Pottsville, he was the son of...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Concetta A. Ingalzo, 96, of Minersville, passed away Tuesday, October 20th, at Genesis Eldercare Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Concetta was born in Minersville, Pa. on...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Harold “Hal” G. Schneider, Jr., 79, of Minersville, passed away on Saturday at Schuylkill Center. Born on May 2, 1941 in Pottsville, he was...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Irvin G. Umberger, 76, of Minersville, passed away on Thursday at Schuylkill Center. Born in Pottsville, he was a son of the late Elvin...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Frederick C. “Fred” Schenck, 93, of Minersville, passed away Thursday, October 8th, at Genesis Eldercare Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Fred was born in Minersville on...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John M. (Diz) Hutsko, 72, of Black Heath, passed away Monday, October 5th, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest. “Diz” was born in Pottsville,...
Canary Jumped the Shark
When local authorities took the Minersville meth dealer known as The Grinch into custody recently, they found him in possession of a lot of...
Schuylkill County News
A Minersville man had more than $103,000 in cash on him when police took him down for dealing meth in the borough. Robert Kull...
Schuylkill County News
A Cass Township man faces felony drug charges after getting busted selling meth to an undercover police officer in mid-September. Police say Joshua Bickelman,...
Schuylkill County News
When we last heard of The Grinch, he was off to the slammer, And for his meth customers in Minersville, it caused quite...
Local Sports
Minersville Area’s football season is set for kickoff on Sunday at 2 p.m. in a rare clash with Pottsville Area. But with restrictions on...
Schuylkill County News
Police in Minersville are looking for a woman they say abducted her 6-month-old infant and fled the area. According to information released to The...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Rayne Irene Slackus, 76, of Forestville, Cass Township, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at home in the presence of her family. Born on...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joan M. Bettinger, 73, of Minersville, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Seton Manor in Orwigsburg. Born in Pottsville, she was a daughter...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Thomas A. Letko, 91, of Minersville, passed away on Sunday at Schuylkill Center. Born on March 20, 1929 in Duncott, Cass Township, he was...
Schuylkill County News
Minersville Police say a borough man raped his girlfriend’s two daughters with whom he was living. On Tuesday, police arrested Troy Troup Jr., 28,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joseph Lohin, 95, of Minersville, passed away Saturday, August 15th, at Meadows Nursing, Dallas. Joseph was born in Coal Castle, Pa. on August 24,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Helen Ann Salen, 99, of Phoenix Park Rd, passed away Monday, August 17th, one day short of her 100th birthday at Tremont Health &...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Debbie A. Kosmisky, 64, of Wayne Twp., Auburn, formerly of Minersville, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Born...
Schuylkill County News
Minersville Police released information earlier this week on 6 people they’re looking for in connection with various crimes. If you know where any of...
Schuylkill County News
Minersville Police are looking for a man they say assaulted a 2-year-old toddler last year. They released information on the wanted man, Carlos Jerel...
Schuylkill County News
An Auburn man is currently in Schuylkill County Prison after police eventually caught up with him following a rage-filled series of incidents – including...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Debra E. Snyder, 65, of Minersville, passed away on Saturday, August 1, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill – East. Born in Harrisburg, she was...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Gloria Jean Krobert, 69, former Minersville resident, passed away Saturday, August 15th, at Seton Manor Nursing Center, Orwigsburg. The Richard W. Fritz Funeral Home,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joseph J. “Jim” Lowthert, 81, of Minersville passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at his residence. Born on June 15, 1939 in Pottsville, he...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Brenda J. Seitz, 79, of Minersville, formerly of Tremont, died Sunday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Pottsville, she was a daughter of the...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Alice L. Ebert, 65, of Minersville, passed away on Saturday at home. She was the daughter of the late Albert F. Ebert II and...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Lynn J. (Merchant) Pielacha, 74, of Minersville, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020, at her residence. Born January 7, 1946, in Pottsville, she was...
Schuylkill County Man
A pair of Schuylkill County men got busted with drugs recently after a blundering getaway attempt. State Police in Frackville say Brandon Kneas, 33,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
David G. “Kayo” Kroznuski, 66, of Minersville, passed away Friday, July 10, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest. David was born in Pottsville, Pa....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joann J. Weaver, 79, of Minersville passed away Saturday morning at The Gardens At York Terrace Nursing Home , Pottsville. Born in Minersville, she...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Millicent D. Szilagyi, 67, of Minersville, passed away on Saturday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill – East. Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, she was a...
Local Sports
After decades of debate, it appears the Washington Redskins name change may soon be reality. And locally, there have been some suggesting the Redskins...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
On Saturday, June 6, 2020, Willie passed unexpectedly in his home in Minersville at age 55. Willie was born on June 29, 1964. He...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Lorraine A. Ostrowski, 86, of Minersville passed away quietly recently at home with her daughter and caregiver at her side. Born in Minersville, she...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Carl “Bus” Wiscount, 82, of Minersville, passed away peacefully of natural causes with his family at his side at home. Born on July 15,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Paul Joseph Kasinecz Sr, 61 of Minersville, passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 6, 2020, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Born...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Ronald M. Duffy, 86, of Minersville died recently at his home. Born in Minersville, he was a son of the late Charles P. and...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville woman reportedly smashed on Four Loko recently had to be hauled out of a Rite Aid bathroom. State Police in Schuylkill Haven...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Catherine Andruchek, 95, surrounded by love and her family, passed peacefully into new life at her home in Minersville on June 1. Born and...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John Francis Rada, 93, formerly of Minersville, passed away recently, surrounded by love at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Born on June 23, 1926 in Branchdale,...
Schuylkill County News
Minersville Police say Gavin Heim has been busted. With the assistance of Pottsville PD and some tipsters who knew of his location, the two...
Schuylkill County Man
We’ve seen multiple reports recently of a Schuylkill County man dumping all over the area. Maybe Schuylkill County Man is confused. Perhaps he thinks...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Robert J. (Jack) Kline, 91, formerly of Minersville and Llewellyn passed away Thursday, May 21, at St. Luke’s Hospital Lehighton. Jack was born in...
Schuylkill County News
Police in Minersville say they’re looking for a former resident who’s wanted on multiple charges. In a statement released Tuesday, Minersville PD say Gavin...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Catherine A. Kellit, 79, of Primrose, Cass Township, passed away on Tuesday in the comfort of her home after a bout with cancer. Born...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Geraldine “Gerri” B. Yoder, 84, of Minersville, passed away on Thursday at home. Born on December 10, 1935 in Pottsville, she was the daughter...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
JoAnn Brinich, 87, of West West Terrace, Branch Township, passed away on Wednesday at Seton Manor. Born in Buck Run, Foster Township on February...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Agnes Blickley, 90, of Minersville, passed away on Tuesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill – East. Born in Port Carbon, she was a daughter...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Lovene M. Tranquillo, 92, of Coatesville, formerly of Branch Township, passed away on Monday, May 11, at Newport Meadows Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Christiana....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
David J. Morasky, 67, a resident of Cass Twp. passed away recently at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest in Allentown. David was a son...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Isaiah Bethea, 26, passed away on Monday, April 20, in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. Born in Queens, New York, he was the son of...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Bernard J. “Luke” Kamenas, Jr., of Minersville, passed away on Friday at ManorCare. Born in Pottsville, he was the son of the late Bernard...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John F. (Jack) Pisco, 84, of Minersville, passed away Sunday, April 19, at his home. Jack was born in Pottsville, Pa. on May 1, 1935,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Jane Frances O’Brien, 76, of Minersville, passed away on Tuesday at ManorCare. Born on March 4, 1944 in Pottsville, she was a daughter of...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Dorothy A. Melocheck, 72, of Minersville passed away Friday at her home. Born in Platon, Oregon, she was a daughter of the late Burris...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Andrew Cremo, 75, of Minersville, passed away Thursday, March 19, at his residence. Andrew was born in Minersville, on April 26, 1944, a son...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John “Kutchy” Vuksta, 88, of Minersville, passed away on Friday at his home. Born in Heckscherville, he was a son of the late George...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Helen A. Foran, 98, of Minersville, passed away on Wednesday at The Gardens at York Terrace. Born in Minersville, she was a daughter of...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
You’ve heard it before: the meal some students get in school is the only one they’ll get for the day. It’s likely true here...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Dona L. Casper, 62, of Saint Clair, formerly of the Minersville area, passed away on Wednesday at Schuylkill Center. Born in Pottsville, she was...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
You’ve seen the people on the news stockpiling toilet paper and thought … WTF! Check out this footage of a toilet paper brawl in...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Martha D. Wasser, 85, of Minersville, passed away peacefully at Golden Living Center York Terrace on March 7, 2020, in the hands of the...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Stacy L. Kressly, 49, of Minersville, formerly of Berks County, passed away on Thursday at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest. Born on August...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Edward Daniel Hossler III, 16, of Tremont, passed away on Wednesday in Reilly Township. Born in Pottsville, he was a son of Edward D....
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County man was arrested Thursday night after police found him asleep on a porch with brass knuckles and some meth. According to...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Walter W. Whalen, 89, of Brier City, passed away Monday evening at The Gardens at York Terrace Nursing Home, Pottsville. Born in Minersville, he...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Josephine Rudyk, of Minersville, passed away on Thursday at home. Born in Primrose, Cass Township, on December 1, 1929, she was a daughter of...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Betty Ryndock, 96, formerly of Minersville, passed away peacefully into the Arms of her Heavenly Father with her family by her side on Monday...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Rose Ann Rarick, 70, of Orwigsburg, passed away, surrounded by her loving family Friday, February 28, at her residence. Rose was born in Pottsville,...
Schuylkill County News
Don’t adjust your sets: Do you know this woman? Minersville Police want to know. In a Facebook message posted on Thursday evening, Minersville police...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kathleen Shebakis, 71, of Minersville, passed away on Monday at Geisinger Medical Center. Born in Pottsville, she was a daughter of the late Richard...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Clementina “Tina” (Cola) Rudaitis, 63, of Minersville, passed away on Thursday at home. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 8,...